Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (notified under document number C(2004) 4493) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/842/EC)

Article 28 Labelling

1. The seed packages shall bear a supplier’s label or a printed or stamped notice in one of the official languages of the Community.

2. The label provided for in paragraph 1 shall include the following information:

(a) the lot reference number;

(b) the month and year of sealing;

(c) the species;

(d) the denomination of the variety under which the seed is to be marketed (the breeder’s reference, the proposed denomination or the approved denomination) and the official application number for listing the variety, if any;

(e) the indication ‘variety not yet officially listed’;

(f) where applicable, the words ‘genetically modified variety’;

(g) declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds or, where applicable, clusters;

(h) where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seeds or, where applicable, clusters and the total weight.

3. The label provided for in paragraph 1 shall be orange.